On October 26th and 27th, 2022, the 2nd Transnational meeting of the partners of the ERASMUS+ project SMILE-Share the Music for Inclusive Learning in Education was held in Viksjöfors skola, in Sweden.
The representatives of the partner countries of the project (Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education of East Macedonia and Thrace from Greece, A.MUS.ED. AMALGAMATE MUSIC EDUCATION LTD from Cyprus, Fundacja Rozwoju Aktywnosci Miedzynarodowej i Edukacyjnej -FRAME from Poland, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CATANIA from Italy and Viksjöfors skola from Sweden), discussed organizational and financial issues as the specific project started at February 2022 and the partners had the first transnational meeting virtually.
SMILE project aims to provide teachers with a practical framework and examples of best practice to assist them in meeting the challenges of inclusion and diversity in education. The main goal of this project is to provide teachers of preprimary/ primary schools new knowledge, key competences and ready to use educational material to effectively use music as a didactic and pedagogical tool for inclusive education. Further, teachers will develop social skills and digital skills by using the repository and the online training. Although, SMILE project is proposed for the teachers, its real beneficiaries will be students, who’s well-being and performance in schools is expected to be improved.
The results of the plan will soon be available to all teachers and interested parties from the website of the (please add your website) and the program website http://smile-pr.eu/index.php/en/
